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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [1.8.0] Tracking empty directories
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 20:00:47 +0100
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Heya,

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 19:31, Thomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro> wrote:
> - Implement the possibility to checkout/read/handle empty directories as soon
> as possible, even in the next 1.7.x release.

I think regardless of whatever else we do, this makes sense. I think
it's been suggested by Junio in a neighboring thread as well.

> - Implement the possibility to checkin empty directories next year, but allow
> it only, if the user knows that this breaks backwards compatibility of the
> repo. (Generate warning and require --commit-empty-directories option)

I don't know about this part though.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier